Saskatoon

Tainted doctor refused Saskatoon job

A doctor whose name was associated with several alleged miscarriages of justice has been denied a job in Saskatoon.// This decision has been hailed as one to preserve public confidence and trust in the province's health system. The health officials in Saskatchewan have voted to curtail practi...

Move To Ban Asbestos Welcomed

...tes Sass, who has been lobbying the provincial government to ban the use of asbestos products in Saskatchewan. Sass will also be appearing before saskatoon City Council next week in support of a motion to ban the use of asbestos and asbestos-containing products in that city. While the Canadian Cancer ...

Anthrax claims lives of 700 animals.

...ns, owing to the precautionary measures of quarantine and vaccinations underway in the farms. The farms at Saskatchewan and area to the east of saskatoon have been deeply affected and nearly 615 animals have died. Dr. Huiming Yang, Saskatchewan’s deputy chief medical health officer has voiced his conce...

The Long Wait Continues In the Health Care Service despite the Money Factor

... waiting queue. If techniques for a certain kind of surgery improve, the procedure will become more popular. Health policy consultant Steven Lewis of saskatoon said that money is spent on health care services and it has a virtually limitless capacity to absorb new money. Lewis said that the use of the lat...

Saskatoon in Biological News

Concordia University receives more than $22 million for genomics research

...Peter Facchini, was awarded $13.6 million with more than $4.6 million for Dr Martin's activities at Concordia. The announcement was made today in saskatoon by the Federal Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear and Chairman of the Board of Genome Canada Dr. Calvin Stiller. "This accom...

First images from medical beamline at Canadian Light Source

...he coming months, we'll be working closely with the CLS, the U of S and the saskatoon Health Region to build the local, national and international research capac... graduate students Brian Bewer and Ying Zhu, and Dr. Sheldon Wiebe with the saskatoon Health Region. DEI uses the unique properties of synchrotron X-rays to p...

Physical activity and health: Finding the right prescription

...e in Saskatchewan moving through our award-winning saskatoon in motion project." With a team of researchers drawn from the U of S, the saskatoon Health Region, the City of saskatoon and ParticiPACTION, Dr. Chad led a CIHR-funded pro...

Saskatoon in Biological Technology

Vineland Welcomes Dr. Daryl Somers as Research Chair, Molecular Breeding and Biotechnology

...ri; Research Geneticist at Washington State University; and Research Scientist at the Molecular Genetics Section of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's saskatoon Research Centre. Dr. Somers earned a B.Sc. (Honors) in cell biology and genetics, and a Masters of Science in Botany and a Ph.D. in Botany from the Un...

UBC physicists develop 'impossible' technique to study and develop superconductors

...-generation technologies will be carried out at the Quantum Materials Spectroscopy Center currently under construction at the Canadian Light Source in saskatoon under Damascelli's leadership. ...

New discoveries, new labs highlight international Canadian Light Source meeting

...ign of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation (MEDSI) and the 15th Pan-American Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) conference in saskatoon from June 9 to 13 at TCU Place. Experts from over 14 countries will discuss the latest advances in the design and use of synchrotron light sources on...